I agree with Stephanie about getting rid of the curtains, but $100-200 isn't going to be enough for replacements, I don't think it'll be enough to cover most of the suggestions here. If you can get a nice new light fitting in that price bracket it is probably the best thing to do at this stage.

You might be able to do two separate roller shades for the door in your budget.

I don't know where you are as you seem to use vocabulary I don't recognize.

How necessary is it to cover the sliding door? How much privacy do you need?

A light is going to be overwhelmed by the curtains.

Can't you just paint out the wood above the door?

I'd tackle the door curtain first.

This is in your price range

http://www.jcpenney.com/cotton-classic-panel-track/prod.jump?ppId=pp5006740456&searchTerm=sliding+door+blinds&catId=SearchResults&_dyncharset=UTF-8&colorizedImg=DP0218201617081924M.TIF

Then look for a new chandelier at garage sales. You can paint one out for a fraction of the cost of a brand new one.

We need your location to help.

It looks like you are in Australia. Even so, you must have stores equivalent to JC Penny's here in USA and all this stuff is made in China anyway.

True, Ramona, unless it's custom made of course. To locate Aussie products just say "in Australia" in your google search and look for the au on most sites.

here you go

https://www.blindsonline.com.au/panel-glide-blinds

change the light fitting but only if you know what style you want to move toward. Start collecting pics of dining room spaces you like into an ideabook so we can see what you like. As mentioned above painting the timber under the pellmet to tone in with the wall colour might be a good plan. What about a plant/plant stand for under the picture? A plant always gives a space a bit if life and would probably be cheaper than a console table. You could move it to elsewhere in the house down the track if you wanted to put in a console to match a new dining table etc.

Definitely paint the table or chairs. You could do something to funk the space up like paint the top of the table white and the legs orange. Also I think removing the drapes would help.

It doesn't look like too bigger job really. You should take down that booffy curtain including the valence over the wooden pelmet and you'll feel better already! Pelmets are handy at keeping the heat in or out so you could paint over or reuse the curtain fabric to recover the pelmet (with a staple gun and some glue etc), buy two cheap roller blinds from Spotlight to match the other blinds for the sliding door. Or even a set of eye lit curtains would look less heavy. Then get your friend to put in a pendant light suspension cord (it's a $7 batten hanging on a cord) so then a light globe and shade will fit, that you can change whenever you want to. Good luck!

PS, just saw your pelmet pic. It's different to I thought. You could pull the gathering out of that fabric and cut half of the fabric off it so it's still there but less fluffy if you know what I mean. Then get blinds to replace the curtain,

No, don't get vertical blinds.

If you think that'd be too plain (certainly hard to keep clean at doorway) what about a different colour? Black or brown? I think you'd need to put two 90cm roller blinds side by side so you can get in and out the door (kind of like far below). Or fix up the wall up top with a bit of paint and put eye lit curtain like below (Bunnings):

These are the kind you need and they are on sale right now in Au.

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These come in white.

Ultimately, you could get something with more insulation when your budget allows, but honestly, anything which creates a barrier insulates somewhat as the air between shade and window tends to stay right there.

I really think that you should spend your money on that door before anything else. Your dining room set is neutral enough that it can be made to go with anything, especially if you paint it.

Is that ugly rod holding the drapes up? Don't see drapes in the picture, so it is confusing.

The new chairs are interesting, but unnecessary as you can make that dining set look cuter than cute with paint or maybe staining it a color or black.

You can always put a cornice over the shades on the door to help with the insulation. Cornices can be made out of inexpensive components.

Is it winter now? I guess so. How cold does it get? Maybe a long term plan can be cellular shades which insulate quite well but are a pretty penny to buy.

I think we will all be relieved when that door is covered in something very, very different and the other changes will have a huge impact afterwards. Right now, changing the light is only going to highlight how ugly the drapes are.

this fabric is in your price range and once you have the finished product, you could sew/tack insulating fabric on the back of the panels.

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What about some dyi window swags for the Windows. This way you can keep the plain blinds but just bring them to life at the top (and maybe sides). These can be in a sheer fabric or thick.

Hi - I wonder if you have come up with a solution yet? Lots of ideas here to choose from. On a small budget the first thing I thought was to paint those kitchen cupboards and even the dining table :-) - People are right about the curtain, what about dyeing it? You can do this yourself as well. Best of luck, Jo

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Hi Claire
- Love your metal chairs (Tolix chairs)
- I think the curtains and pelmet need to go and be replaced with an off the rack blockout roller blind in a colour that matches your existing ones as closely as possible. Blockout will give you better insulation than a more sheer blind. Bunnings is a good place to start.
- Paint the legs of your dining table in Annie Sloans' Chalk Paint in black. This will tie in your new black chairs with arms (carver chairs) and go well with the Tolix chairs too.
- 2 * black chairs If you can't find a suitable chair in black look for one you like that could be painted in the black Annie Sloan paint.
- Black hanging metal cone light This might be a bit contemporary or retro. A pendant light is the right concept but perhaps a bit more modern classic in style.
- Black Kmart hall table or 2nd hand wooden one Can you supply a photo of what you're thinking?
- Light wooden bowl for dining table (already have, might put succulents in it). You can mix up your centrepiece. It could be a vase with some beautiful blooms one week, your bowl of succulents another, a cluster of different height candles another.
- Lamp shade in corner near blinds. You have no pattern and very little colour in your room at the moment so the lampshade is a great way to add both if you'd like.
- Plant stand with plant in corner near curtains
- different picture in a frame to replace canvas there depending on colours used in the adjacent play room. Good idea.
Have fun!

Bunnings has quite a good range of pendant lights. Check these out but there's lots more. https://www.bunnings.com.au/brilliant-33-5cm-light-pendant-shade-milton-amber_p7071320 or https://www.bunnings.com.au/brilliant-15cm-black-clyde-pendant-light_p7071338 or https://www.bunnings.com.au/home-design-gold-facet-pendant-light_p7071531 This last one also comes in black but it's dearer than the gold for some reason.

A carver chair is any dining chair with arms. In one of your earlier comments you mentioned dining chairs with arms and I think this is the right way to go. They don't have to match the Tolix chairs. They could be in timber with an upholstered seat for example but I do think they need to be black. I posted links to some examples of modern classic pendants in my second comment. Hope you can see it because I can't see the pic of the hall table you just mentioned.

Hi Claire, what you've done to the curtain looks way better with less fabric. How about doing that to the curtain as well for now and then wait for warmer weather when you won't miss it if you take it off and have a play with blinds etc. I think the table and chairs you had are fine, just need to add some finishing touches like pendant, pot plant and table runner and centre piece. Hope you feel well soon, winters end is coming!!!

I agree about the idea of putting roller blinds on your door , matching the colours of the others

must mention about Annie Sloan paint : it is a chalk paint and you can apply it on any wood surface with at having to use primer, what " seals" the pain is the Annie Sloan wax you apply afterwards. You can Buy Annie Sloan on line ,

i use Annie Sloan a lot.it is expensive

if you want the legs painted black to be smooth, just paint and wax , but one coat of Annie Sloan does not give a good coverage. It you want it " distressed" slightly, then just sand a few it on the edges afterwards, before the waxing

With a slight " distressed" leg look, but you would need to give the top of the table a light sanding to " rough it up" on the edges

if you want a good solid, coverage, Annie Sloan is not the right choice

have a look on eBay, I have just bought some cages light to fit near my table outside ( I was just playing around with them yesterday before the electrician comes toda), they were only like $46 each

Floor lamp. Something simple like these would work. https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/modular-sofa-01421-contemporary-living-room-philadelphia-phvw-vp~108541 or https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/wahroonga-home-contemporary-living-room-sydney-phvw-vp~3703045

Sorry to hear you've been sick! Are you feeling any better?

Hi Claire. How's it going? I'll keep my suggestion simple as you've had a lot of advice already. Have you been to kmart for lights and decor? It's my new best friend :) And Ikea is good too but a bit more expensive. Both have nice and very affordable things but not sure if they're your style. And I reckon a large leafy plant in a nice pot (again look at kmart) will look lovely in there. Good luck!

I skimmed through most of the excellent suggestions..... Can you get a plant in there? Small or tall doesn't matter.

as far as light fitting goes. It's easy to look up the feng shui bagua map of your house and it will recommend colours for that section which you can apply to the new light shade.

Oh yes now I see there was a plant suggestion.